Puma lacustris
Puma lacustris (also known as the lake cat) is an extinct species of Puma from the Blancan stage (from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene). The type specimen is a partial fragment piece of the right side of the mandible retaining canine and cheek-teeth found in the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument from Idaho. The holotype was described in 1933 by Gazin who considered a smaller relative of the cougar.[1] The taxonomic identity has been uncertain at times, as a relationship (and classification) to lynxes has been purposed.[2] Additional specimens of this species of Puma have been found elsewhere in North America, such as Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, and Baja California.[3]
| Puma lacustris Temporal range: Blancan | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | Felinae |
| Genus: | Puma |
| Species: | †P. lacustris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Puma lacustris C. Lewis Gazin, 1933 sensu K.L. Seymour, 1999 | |
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References
- Gazin, C.L. (1933). "New felids from the upper Pliocene of Idaho". Journal of Mammalogy. 14 (3): 251–256. doi:10.2307/1373825. JSTOR 1373825.
- Bjork, P.R. (1970). "The Carnivora of the Hagerman local fauna (late Pliocene) of southwestern Idaho". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 60 (7): 3–54. doi:10.2307/1006119. JSTOR 1006119.
- Bjorn, K.; Anderson, E. (1980). Pleistocene mammals of North America. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 1–422. ISBN 9780231037334.
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